crown colonynoun [ C ]
uk/ˌkraʊn ˈkɒl.ə.ni/us/ˌkraʊn ˈkɑː.lə.ni/an area or country that is politically controlled by the UK and has a British governor
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Colonisation & self-government
- annex
- autonomous
- autonomy
- client state
- colonial
- decolonization
- dependency
- devolution
- devolve
- devolve sth to sb
- Independence Day
- nationalism
- nationalist
- neocolonialism
- non-aligned
- self-rule
- separatism
- separatist
- the British Empire
- the free world
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